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This file's purpose is to document all of the tables currently used in Mamook[tm]
by the
contact module.
This document was created on Jan 14, 2003
Documentation follows the following format:
Table Name
Table's Purpose
Column Name
Column's Purpose
2nd Column's Name
2nd Column's Purpose
etc.
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2nd Table Name
2nd Table's Purpose
etc.
Table Name: employer_sizes
Purpose: This table stores all of the size ranges that a company can be associated
with.
Column Name: size_id
Purpose: This field is the id number used to keep track of different size
ranges. This is the primary key for the table.
Column Name: size_range
Purpose: This field is simply the actual range of the corresponding size
range.
Eg. 50-200
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Table Name: company_flags
Purpose: This table stores all of the available company flags that co-op
departments
can choose to have enabled or not. Eg. If there are 16 flags in total, the
engineering
department may choose to have 10 of those flags shown on their company information
screen, and have 5 of those flags turned on, and 5 turned off.
Column Name: flag_id
Purpose: This field is the id number used to keep track of the different
flags. This is the primary key for the table.
Column Name: flag_name
Purpose: This field is the name of the corresponding flag.
Column Name: comment
Purpose: This field is used to provide a description for this flag, and is
transparent
to the mamook system (only used for database administration).
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Table Name: department_company_flags
Purpose: This table stores all of the employer flags from the company_flags table
that each co-op department would like to be able to set for companies.
Eg. There are 16 flags in total in the company_flags table. Engineering co-op
chooses
to have 10 of those flags shown on their company informatin screen, so this table
keeps a link for engineering co-op's department id and the flag id's for each of
the
10 chosen flags.
Column Name: department_id
Purpose: This field is the id number of the department that is associated

with the flag represented by the flag_id below.
Purpose: This field is the id number of the flag that is associated with
the department represented above by its department_id.
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Table Name: department_division_flags
Purpose: This table stores all of the employer flags from the company_flags table
that each co-op department would like to be able to set for departments.
Eg. There are 16 flags in total in the company_flags table. Engineering co-op
chooses
to have 4 of these flags shown on their department information screen, so this
table
keeps a link for engineering co-op's department id and the flag id's for each of
these
4 chosen flags.

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Table Name: employer_company
Purpose: This table holds all of the information for a company in the database.
Column Name: employer_id
Purpose: This field is the id number used to keep track of different

companies.
This is the primary key for the table.
Column Name: company_name
Purpose: This field is simply the name of the corresponding company.
Column Name: website
Purpose: This field holds the address for the corresponding companies
website.
Column Name: company_description
Purpose: This field holds the companies description. This is displayed on

any
jobs that are posted with/by this company.
Column Name: street_address_1

Purpose: This is the first part of the street address for this company. This
address will most likely be for the company's head office.
Purpose: This is the second part of the street address for this company, in
case a second field is needed.
Purpose: This is the third part of the street address for this company, in
case a third field is needed.
Column Name: city
Purpose: This is the city that the company resides in/operates out of. This
will most likely be for its head office.
Column Name: region_id
Purpose: This is the id number for the region of the province that the
company resides in/operates out of. This field is only relevant for
companies that operate in certain provinces of Canada.
Column Name: provstate_id
Purpose: This is the id number for the province or state that the company
resides in/operates out of.
Column Name: country_id
Purpose: This is the id number for the country that the company resides in/
operates out of.
Column Name: postal_code
Purpose: This is the postal code for the company.
Column Name: phone
Purpose: This is the phone number for the company. This will most likely
be the phone number to the head office, as contacts will hold phone numbers
specific to themselves.
Column Name: fax
Purpose: This is the company's general purpose fax number.
Column Name: email
Purpose: This is the company's general purpose email address.
Column Name: change_reason_1
Purpose: This field stores the most recent reason that the company
information was changed by a co-op staff member. This field is
necessary, since contact and company information will be shared
campus wide.
Purpose: This field stores the second most recent reason that the
company information was changed by a co-op staff member.
Purpose: This field stores the third most recent reason that the
company information was changed by a co-op staff member.
Column Name: change_by_1
Purpose: This field stores the login_id of the co-op staff

member that changed this company's information most recently.
This field corresponds to the change_reason_1 field, and is
necessary for the same reason.
Purpose: This field stores the login_id of the second most

recent co-op staff member that changed this company's information,
and corresponds to change_reason_2.
Purpose: This field stores the login_id of the third most

recent co-op staff member that changed this company's information
and corresponds to change_reason_3.
Column Name: change_date_1
Purpose: This field stores the date that the most recent
changes to this company's information were made. This date
corresponds with the change_by_1 and change_reason_1 fields.
Purpose: This field stores the date that the second most
recent changes to this company's information were made.
This date corresponds with the change_by_2 and change_reason_2
fields.
Purpose: This field stores the date that the third most
recent changes to this company's information were made.
This date corresponds with the change_by_3 and change_reason_3
fields.
Purpose: This field holds the id number of the size range

that this company belongs to. Eg. If this company had
between 50-200 people, and 50-200 had an id number of '1',
this field would hold '1'.
Column Name: entered_by

Purpose: This field holds the login_id of the person that
entered this company into the database.
Column Name: entered_on
Purpose: This field holds the date that this company was
entered into the database.
Column Name: general_comments
Purpose: This field holds comments that all of the co-op

staff members at UVic can see. Employers cannot see these
comments, nor can students.
Column Name: industry_id
Purpose: This field is a foreign key that represents the primary industry
that this company is a part of.
Column Name: company_display
Purpose: This field is used as a boolean to determine whether or not this

company is one that should be displayed as a standard company for the purposes
of adding contacts, jobs, etc. Some companies exist solely as the result of
an interview (a side-effect of interview being implemented first), and as such
should not be treated as real companies.
Column Name: company_type_id
Purpose: This field is a foreign key that represents the relation of this
company
to the government (the key points to the employer_type table)
Column Name: company_name_legitimate
Purpose: This field is not currently used, but can be used along with code that
has
been disabled to indicate whether or not the company name is legitimate. This
is
a useful feature for data cleanup.
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Table Name: employer_company_comments
Purpose: This table holds comments for companies that are specific to a single co-
op
department. This feature is currently disabled.
Column Name: employer_company_id
Purpose: This field holds the id number of the employer that these comments
are
for.
Purpose: This field holds the id number of the department that these comments
belong to.
Column Name: comments
Purpose: This field holds the actual comments (belonging to the department
and
associated with the employer given above).
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Table Name: employer_department
Purpose: This table holds information for the departments of a given company. Much
of this information is similar to that which is stored in the employer_company
table.
NOTE: This table is named employer_department, but it really represents a division.
Employer department's changed their name to 'Divisions' late into the
implementation
of this module, and so many of the names remain as department. Poor, but alas,
no time to fix this currently.
Purpose: This field holds the id number used to keep track of all of the
divisions. This is the primary key for the table.
Purpose: This field holds the id number that corresponds to the company
that this division belongs to.
Column Name: department_name
Purpose: This field holds the name of this division.
Column Name: department_website
Purpose: This field holds the URL to the division's website, if it is

different than the parent company's.
Column Name: department_description
Purpose: This field holds the division's description.
Purpose: This field holds the first part of the division's

street address, if it is different than the parent company's.
Purpose: This field holds the second part of the division's

street address, if it is different than the parent company's,
and if there IS a second part.
Purpose: This field holds the third part of the division's

street address, if it is different than the parent company's,
and if there IS a third part.
Purpose: This field holds the id number that corresponds to the

country that the division operates out of. Eg. If the division
operates out of England, and England's country_id is 4, this field
will hold a 4.

province or state that the division operates out of. This
field will only be set if the division resides in Canada or
the US. Eg. If the division operates out of BC, and BC's
provstate_id is 1, then this field will hold a 1.

region that the division operates out of. This field will only
be set if the division resides in certain Canadian provinces.
Eg. If the division operates out of Greater Victoria, and
Greater Victoria has a region_id of 4, then this field will
hold a 4.
Column Name: city
Purpose: This field holds the name of the city that the division
operates out of.
Column Name: postal_code
Purpose: This field holds the postal code of the division's

mailing address.
Column Name: phone
Purpose: This field holds the division's general purpose

phone number.
Column Name: fax
Purpose: This field holds the division's general purpose fax

number.
Column Name: email
Purpose: This field holds the division's general purpose

email address
Purpose: This field holds the most recent reason that the division's
information was changed by a co-op staff member.

Purpose: This field holds the second most recent reason that the
division's information was changed by a co-op staff member.
Purpose: This field holds the third most recent reason that the
division's information was changed by a co-op staff member.
Purpose: This field holds the login_id of the most recent staff
member to change this division's information. This field corresponds
to change_reason_1.
Purpose: This field holds the login_id of the second most recent
staff member to change this division's information. This field
corresponds to change_reason_2.
Purpose: This field holds the login_id of the third most recent
staff member to change this division's information. This field
corresponds to change_reason_3.
Purpose: This field holds the date of the most recent change(s)
made to this division's information. This field corresponds
to change_reason_1 and change_by_1.
Purpose: This field holds the date of the second most recent
change(s) made to this division's information. This field
corresponds to change_reason_2 and change_by_2.
Purpose: This field holds the date of the third most recent
change(s) made to this division's information. This field
corresponds to change_reason3 and change_by_3.
Purpose: This field holds the id number of the size range

that this division belongs to. Eg. If this division had
between 50-200 people, and 50-200 had an id number of '1',
this field would hold '1'.
Purpose: This field holds the login_id of the co-op staff

member that entered this division into the database.
Purpose: This field holds the date that this division

was entered into the database.
Purpose: This field holds comments for this division. These

comments can be seen by all of the co-op staff at UVic, but not
by the employer.
Purpose: This field is a foreign key that represents the primary industry
that this division is a part of.
Column Name: location_info
Purpose: This field is treated as a boolean to represent whether or not this

division
is using the company or its own location information.
Column Name: department_name_legitimate
Purpose: This field is not currently used, but can be used along with code that
has
been disabled to indicate whether or not the division name is legitimate. This
is
a useful feature for data cleanup.
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Table Name: employer_department_comments
Purpose: This table holds comments for departments that are specific
to a single co-op department.
Column Name: employer_department_id
Purpose: This field holds the id number for the employer department
that the comments in this record are for.
Purpose: This field holds the id number for the CO-OP department
that the comments are associated with.
Purpose: This field holds the actual comments (associated with the
employer department and co-op department).
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Table Name: contact
Purpose: This table holds all of the information for contacts of types: 'student',
and 'internal', and holds some of the information for contacts of types:
'employer',
'potential_employer'. As of right now, I'm unsure of how much information this
table holds for contacts of type 'alumni'.
Column Name: contact_id
Purpose: This field holds the id number that is used to keep track of
various contacts. This is the primary key for the table.
Column Name: type
Values: 'student', 'internal', 'employer', 'potential_employer', 'alumni'
Purpose: This field holds the type of contact that this is. It can contain
one of the five above values. If the contact type is 'employer' or
'potential_employer', then there will be an entry in the table
contact_employer
that corresponds to this contact.
Column Name: title
Purpose: This is the contact's title. This could be something like Mr.
Mrs., Dr., Ms., etc.
Column Name: first_name
Purpose: This field holds the contact's first name.
Column Name: last_name
Purpose: This field holds the contact's last name.
Column Name: called_name
Purpose: This field holds the name the contact prefers to be called by.
Column Name: middle_name
Purpose: This field holds the contact's middle name.
Column Name: greeting
Purpose: This field holds the way the contact is greeted in letters, etc.
Eg. Some contacts prefer to be called by their first name, while some
prefer to be addressed as Dr. 'last_name'.
Column Name: email
Purpose: This field holds the contact's email address.
Column Name: phone
Purpose: This field holds the contact's phone number.
Column Name: pager
Purpose: This field holds the contact's pager number.
Column Name: cellphone
Purpose: This field holds the contact's cell phone number.

Column Name: fax
Purpose: This field holds the contact's fax number.
Purpose: This field holds the first part of the contact's street
address.
Purpose: This field holds the second part of the contact's street
address (if there is a second part).
Purpose: This field holds the third part of the contact's street
address (if there is a third part).
Purpose: This field holds the id number of the country that the
contact resides in. Eg. If the id number for Canada is 1 and the
contact lives in Canada, this field will hold 1.
Purpose: This field holds the id number of the province or state

that the contact resides in. This field will only have a value
if the contact lives in either Canada or the US. Eg. If the
contact resides in British Columbia, and BC has a provstate_id
of 3, then this field will hold a 3.
Purpose: This field holds the id number of the region that the
contact resides in. This field will only have a value if the
contact resides certain provinces. Eg. If the contact lives
in Greater Victoria, and its region id is 8, then this field
will hold an 8.
Column Name: city
Purpose: This field holds the city that the contact resides in.
Column Name: postal code
Purpose: This field stores the postal code for the contact's
mailing address.
Column Name: location_info
Purpose: This field is treated as a boolean to represent whether or not this

contact
is using the company, division, or its own location information.
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Table Name: contact_employer
Purpose: This table holds any extra information for contacts of type
'employer' or 'potential_employer' that isn't held in the contact
table.
Purpose: This field holds the id number that corresponds with

this contact's id number in the 'contact' table. This is the
primary key for this table.
Purpose: This field holds the id number of the company that

this contact is associated with.
Purpose: This field holds the id number of the department

that this contact is associated with.
Column Name: employer_type
Purpose: This field is now obsolete, and has been replaced with
the 'contact_types' and 'department_contact_status' tables, allowing
a status to be set for a contact for each co-op department. This
field should be removed when possible.
Purpose: This field contains comments pertaining to this

contact that all of the UVic co-op staff can see.
Purpose: This field contains the reason for the most

recent change(s) made to this contact's information.
Purpose: This field contains the reason for the

second most recent change(s) made to this contact's
information.
Purpose: This field contains the reason for the

third most recent change(s) made to this contact's
information.
Purpose: This field contains the login id of the

co-op staff member who made the most recent change(s)
to this contact's information.

co-op staff member who made the second most recent
change(s) to this contact's information.

co-op staff member who made the third most recent
change(s) to this contact's information.
Purpose: This field contains the date of the

most recent change(s) to this contact's information.
Purpose: This field contains the date of the second

Purpose: This field contains the date of the third

Purpose: This field holds the login id of the co-op staff

member that entered this contact into the database.
Purpose: This field holds the date that this

contact was entered into the database.
Column Name: position
Purpose: This field is the position title that this contact

has within their company. Eg. 'Project Manager'
Column Name: staff_mem
Purpose: This field is a legacy field left over from the transfer
of UVic's old data. It can be removed for other organizations,
of left if the organization wishes to write code to allow ownership
of contact's by different members at their organization.
Column Name: department_name
Purpose: This field allows for a finer level of granularity to indicate the
contact's working department within the division they work for. Eg. The
contact could work for 'Northridge Consulting' as the company, 'West Coast
Office'
as the division, and 'Testing Department' as the department. This field
holds only a name, and is primarily used by system users rather than the
software itself.
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Table Name: contact_flags
Purpose: This table holds all of the flags that can be turned on or off
for a contact in the contact_employer table.
Purpose: This column holds the id number that is used to

keep track of all the flags in the contact_flags table.
Purpose: This column holds the name of the flag.
Purpose: This column is used to specify a comment about this specific

flag. This field is transparent to the software, and used only by
database administrators.
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Table Name: department_contact_flags
Purpose: This table stores all of the contact flags each department chooses to use.
Eg. There are 12 flags in total in the contact_flags table. Engineering co-op
chooses to have 7 of those flags shown on their company informatin screen, so this
table keeps a link for engineering co-op's department id and the flag id's of each
of the 7 chosen flags.

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Table Name: employer_contact_comments
Purpose: This table stores comments for contacts that are specific to a given
co-op department. This feature is currently disabled throughout the software.
Column Name: employer_contact_id
Purpose: This field stores the contact_id that the comments below correspond
to.

Purpose: This field stores the department_id of the co-op department that
the comments below belong to.
Purpose: This field stores the actual comments that correspond with the above
department_id and contact_id.
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Table Name: contact_types
Purpose: This table holds all of the different types an employer

contact can be, such as 'potential employer' or 'defunct', etc.
Column Name: type_id
Purpose: This field holds the id number that is used

to differentiate and keep track of the various types.
Column Name: type_name
Purpose: This is the name of the contact type. Eg.

This field could hold a value like 'Potential Employer'.
Column Name: level_of_activity
Purpose: This is an integer which allows statuses to be sorted. With this,

we can choose one contact over another based on their statuses.
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Table Name: contact_internal
Purpose: This table is used to keep track of any additional information not stored
in the contact table that pertains to contacts that internal to the software
essentially users of the system, and other people working at the organization
running the system.
Purpose: This is the contact's id number, and is used as a link to the

contact
table. This is the primary key for the table.
Purpose: This is the id number of the co-op department that this contact
works for. Eg. If a contact worked for Engineering Co-op, which had
a department_id of 4, this field would hold the value '4'.
Column Name: interview_contact_list
Purpose: This field is a boolean value that determines whether or not

this contact can be chosen to have replies sent to them in regards to
emails sent out to students. Eg. If this value is 0, then this contact
cannot be chosen as the contact to receive correspondence regarding students
dropped from a shortlist. If it is 1, this contact COULD be chosen.
Column Name: login_id
Purpose: This field holds the login_id for this contact.
Column Name: password
Purpose: This field is historical, and no longer used. This field

is used to store a password to allow coordinators to login and give
us feedback when they are do not have a login with our system.
Column Name: employee_number
Purpose: The employee number of this internal contact.
Column Name: netlink_id
Purpose: This is the login_id this user uses to login to the system at UVic,
using the netlink system.
Column Name: interview_lunch_list
Purpose: This column represents a boolean value that determines whether or not
the user can be assigned as a host in the assign lunch part of the interview
system.
Column Name: pulldown_menu_group
Purpose: This field is a represents a boolean value that determines whether or

not
this contact is in department that is also part of a group, in which case they
need
options allowing them to do things like 'View all blah in your GROUP', as well
as the
standard set of options. This field should be replaced with a query against
the contact's
department and the department_group table.
Column Name: search_use_advanced
Purpose: This field allows the user to default their search pages to either
an advanced or a basic search. A 1 in this field indicates that they would
like to default to the advanced search when searching for students.
Column Name: site_visit_list
Purpose: This field is a boolean value representing whether or not the user
would like to appear on work site visit pull down lists.
Column Name: search_use_advanced_emp
like to default to the advanced search when searching for employers.
Column Name: search_use_advanced_hist

like to default to the advanced search when searching for history records.
Column Name: menu_use_javascript
Purpose: This field represents a boolean value indicating whether or not

javascript menus are enabled for this user. A 1 in this field indicates
that the user is using the javascript menus.
Column Name: application_replyto_list

the user will appear as someone that can be replied to in the application
reply-to pulldown menu. A 1 indicates that they will show up in the list.
Column Name: flash_use

the user would like to use the flash plugin. A 1 indicates that they would
like to use the flash plugin.
Column Name: general_email

the contact's name shows up on general e-mail lists. A 1 indicates that
they do show up on these lists.
Column Name: traffic_director_email

the contact is sent e-mails intended for the trafficdirectory, such as
when a new job has arrived from a new employer. A 1 indicates that they
are to receive these e-mails.
Column Name: email_signature
Purpose: This field is the e-mail signature that this user will have
automatically appended to any mail that they send through the system.
Column Name: employer_info_menu
Purpose: This field is the choice made by the user of whether they want to
default to Companies/Divisions or Contacts when they click on any of the
following Employer Info sections: view, add, edit.
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Table Name: company_flags_set
Purpose: This table is used to store all of the flags that

have been set for employer companies.
Purpose: This is the id number that corresponds (in the 'employer_company'

table) to the company that the flag below is set for.
Purpose: This is the id number that corresponds (in the 'company_flags'

table) to the flag that is set for the company represented above.
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Table Name: department_flags_set
Purpose: This table is used to store all of the flags

that have been set for employer divisions.
Purpose: This is the id number that corresponds (in the 'employer_department'

table) to the department that the flag below is set for.
Purpose: This is the id number that corresponds (in the 'company_flags'

table) to the flag that is set for the company represented above.
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Table Name: contact_flags_set

that have been set for employer contacts.
Purpose: This is the id number that corresponds (in the 'contact' and
'contact_employer' tables) to the contact that the flag below is set for.
Purpose: This is the id number that corresponds (in the 'contact_flags'

table) to the flag that is set for the contact represented above.
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Table Name: action_types
Purpose: This table is used to store all of the different action types
that can be performed on contacts.
Column Name: action_id
Purpose: This is the id number used to keep track of all

the different action types. This is the primary key for
the table.
Column Name: action_name
Purpose: This field is simply the name of the action.

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Table Name: contact_flags_set

that have been set for employer contacts.
Purpose: This is the id number that corresponds (in the 'contact' and
'contact_employer' tables) to the contact that the flag below is set for.
Purpose: This is the id number that corresponds (in the 'contact_flags'

table) to the flag that is set for the contact represented above.
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Table Name: company_notes
Purpose: This table is used to store all of the notes users of the system have
stored for a given company.
Purpose: This is the id number that corresponds to the company that this
note pertains to.
Column Name: notes
Purpose: These are the actual notes themselves.
Column Name: date_entered
Purpose: This is the date that the note was entered.
Purpose: This is the contact_id of the user that entered this specific note.
Column Name: note_id
Purpose: This is the primary key for this table.
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Table Name: contact_notes
Purpose: This table is now obsolete. It used to be used to store all of the
notes users of the system had stored for a given contact. Contact notes are
now saved as part of the contact_actions_set table.

Purpose: This is the id number that corresponds to the contact that this
note pertains to.
Column Name: notes
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Table Name: division_notes
Purpose: This table is used to store all of the notes users of the system have
stored for a given division.
Purpose: This is the id number that corresponds to the division that this
note pertains to.
Column Name: notes
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Table Name: company_type
Purpose: This table is used to store the available types a company can be. The
types
correspond to different levels of government the company can belong to, such as
Federal Government, or Non Profit Organization. This field should probably
be renamed to something that makes more sense, like 'government_type' but their
currently is not time to do this.
Column Name: type_id
Purpose: This is the primary key for the table.
Column Name: type_code
Purpose: This is the code that is used to display the various types in
drop down menus (so FG for Federal Government).
Column Name: type_name
Purpose: This is the full name of the type.
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Table Name: contact_actions_set
Purpose: This table is where we store all of the actions that have been set for
contacts.
Column Name: action_id
Purpose: This is a foreign key corresponding to the action that has been set
for the contact matched by contact_id
Purpose: This is a foreign key that corresponds to the contact that this action
has been set for.
Column Name: action_by
Purpose: This is the contact_id of the person that performed this action.
Column Name: action_on
Purpose: This is the date that this action took place on.
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Table Name: department_company_status
Purpose: This table stores the statuses that co-op departments have set for any
given
company.
Purpose: This is a foreign key corresponding to the company that this status
has been set for.
Column Name: status_id
Purpose: This is a foreign key that corresponds to the status that has been
set for this company.
Purpose: This is a foreign key corresponding to the co-op department that has
set this status (since different departments can have different statuses for
the
same company/division/contact).
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Table Name: department_contact_status
given
contact.
Purpose: This is a foreign key corresponding to the contact that this status
has been set for.
set for this contact.
the
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Table Name: department_division_status
given
division.
Column Name: division_id
Purpose: This is a foreign key corresponding to the division that this status
has been set for (unfortunately, this relates to department_id in
employer_department,
not division_id :().
set for this division.
the
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Table Name: division_flags
Purpose: This table stores the flags that can be set for any given division.
Purpose: This is the name of the flag.
Purpose: This is the primary key for this flag.
Purpose: This is typically a comment to keep track of which co-op department

this flag is for (although flag's CAN be shared across departments).
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Table Name: employer_status
Purpose: This table stores the statuses that can be set for any given company.
Purpose: This is the primary key for this status.
Column Name: status_name
Purpose: This is the name of this status.
Column Name: level_of_activity
Purpose: This is an integer which allows statuses to be sorted. With this,

we can choose one company over another based on their statuses.
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Table Name: industries
Purpose: This table stores the various industries that a company/division can be
involved with.
Purpose: This is the primary key for this industry.
Column Name: industry_name
Purpose: This is the name of the industry.
Column Name: order_by

Purpose: This is the order that we use to order industries. This is probably
just a legacy now, but remains in
the database because it could be a useful feature later on.
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Table Name: title
Purpose: This table stores the various titles that can be set for any given contact
(Mr, Mrs, etc.)
Column Name: title_id
Column Name: title_name
Purpose: This is the name of title (so basically the title itself)
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Table Name: student
Purpose: This table is only present in this release because the contact and base
modules
assume its existance.
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Table Name: employer_login
modules
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Table Name: student_department
modules
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Table Name: job_info
modules
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Table Name: history
modules
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Table Name: term
modules
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2nd Column's Name

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2nd Table Name

2nd Table's Purpose

Table Name: employer_sizes

Column Name: size_range

Table Name: company_flags

Column Name: flag_id

Column Name: flag_name

Purpose: This field is the name of the corresponding flag.

Column Name: comment

Table Name: department_company_flags

Column Name: department_id

Purpose: This field is the id number of the department that is associated

Table Name: department_division_flags

Column Name: department_id

Purpose: This field is the id number of the department that is associated

Column Name: flag_id

Table Name: employer_company

Column Name: employer_id

Purpose: This field is the id number used to keep track of different

Column Name: company_name

Purpose: This field is simply the name of the corresponding company.

Column Name: website

Column Name: company_description

Purpose: This field holds the companies description. This is displayed on

Column Name: street_address_1

Column Name: street_address_2

Column Name: street_address_3

Column Name: city

Column Name: region_id

Column Name: provstate_id

Column Name: country_id

Column Name: postal_code

Purpose: This is the postal code for the company.

Column Name: phone

Column Name: fax

Purpose: This is the company's general purpose fax number.

Column Name: email

Purpose: This is the company's general purpose email address.

Column Name: change_reason_1

Column Name: change_reason_3

Column Name: change_by_1

Purpose: This field stores the login_id of the co-op staff

Column Name: change_by_2

Purpose: This field stores the login_id of the second most

Column Name: change_by_3

Purpose: This field stores the login_id of the third most

Column Name: change_date_1

Column Name: change_date_2

Column Name: change_date_3

Column Name: size_id

Purpose: This field holds the id number of the size range

Column Name: entered_by

Column Name: entered_on

Column Name: general_comments

Purpose: This field holds comments that all of the co-op

Column Name: industry_id

Column Name: company_display

Purpose: This field is used as a boolean to determine whether or not this